LETTER: School officials were dedicated in snow

Published: Monday, February 3, 2014 at 4:00 p.m.

Last Modified: Monday, February 3, 2014 at 4:35 p.m.

Dear Editor: Dangerous weather conditions, including icy and snowy roads, forced 4,500 students in Hoover, and 800 students in Birmingham to spend the night in various school buildings.

As a kid I thought an hour of after-school detention was bad, but to spend an entire night at school would have been unbearable. But the good news is that the children are safe, as traveling by bus and car on icy roads could have been hazardous, and it gave them an opportunity to meet new people. Also, it gave them an interesting story to one day tell their children and grandchildren.

I commend the teachers, administrators and other school staff for volunteering to stay with, feed, care for and help reassure and ease the fears and anxieties of these children, as it must be very stressful to do this, particularly since the children probably don’t want to be there.

<p>Dear Editor: Dangerous weather conditions, including icy and snowy roads, forced 4,500 students in Hoover, and 800 students in Birmingham to spend the night in various school buildings. </p><p>As a kid I thought an hour of after-school detention was bad, but to spend an entire night at school would have been unbearable. But the good news is that the children are safe, as traveling by bus and car on icy roads could have been hazardous, and it gave them an opportunity to meet new people. Also, it gave them an interesting story to one day tell their children and grandchildren.</p><p>I commend the teachers, administrators and other school staff for volunteering to stay with, feed, care for and help reassure and ease the fears and anxieties of these children, as it must be very stressful to do this, particularly since the children probably don't want to be there.</p><p>It shows how dedicated educators are.</p>